I started this blog two years ago because I love contemporary YA fiction and I was a little worried that it was going to fade off into the sunset, except for a few authors who had already made names for themselves. Instead, I'm happy to report, it's going strong. Every month for the past year, the monthly release calendar I put together for this blog had anywhere from 15 to 30 new releases, and many of those were by debut authors. In addition, this past year, we've seen many contemporary titles selling extremely well. This makes my contemporary-loving heart SO happy!!
And so, because time is precious and authors are busy, busy people, it's this blog that is now going to fade off into the sunset.
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| Photo Credit: Lisa Schroeder |
We'll keep the site up for the next year, in case people want to search the archives. And we'll still tweet from time to time, so if you're on twitter, do follow us:
www.twitter.com/YAContemps
Thank you to those of you who have followed along and thank you to those who have bought books and supported contemporary YA. The best thing we can do to keep contemporary YA going strong is to vote with our dollars. When editors see that YA contemporary novels are selling, they buy more!
I can't wait to see what the next year brings. In case you can't either, here's a sneak peek...
Happy reading!!
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| coming January 2013 from Simon Pulse |
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| coming March 2013 from Bloomsbury |
